Who Goels Your Life From The Pit

Friday, July 4, 2025

In Psalm 103:4, it says of the Lord "who redeems your life from the pit". But in Hebrew, it doesn't say that. It uses a much more specific word, the Hebrew "goel". It would read something like "who goels your life from the pit". The "goel" was the kinsman-redeemer, the man who would redeem the life of a barren widow by marrying her and making her fruitful with children. So, in Psalm 103, it's not just that God redeems us, it's that He becomes our "goel," our kinsman-redeemer. He redeems us by marrying us, by joining Himself to us by becoming one with us so that our lives can't help but bear fruit. And that is the secret. Do you want your life to become overflowing with fruitfulness? Do you want to fulfill your purpose and calling? Do you want your life to be abundantly blessed? Then make it your aim to get as close, as intimate, as joined, and as one with God as possible in everything and it will be. For the Lord is not only your Redeemer - He's your Goel!

From Message #1260 - The Cosmos & The Goel